Successes

It is good to celebrate success! Also check our Facebook page and Newsletter Archive for more wins that make Meadowbank and St Johns a better place to live.

Local Links to Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive Shared Path

We've worked with the Orakei Local Board to push hard for links into the shared path so as to make local journeys possible, get our children out of cars and across the valley to St Thomas School and Selwyn College and to integrate the path into the neighborhoods it passes through. Funding was approved for this link in 2018.

Orakei Local Board Comments to November 2019 Monthly Meeting
Help connect Meadowbank to the GI to Tamaki Shared Path and beyond
Please support Local Board spending on links into local path

Meadowbank Road Safety Improvements

We pushed hard for improved road safety on Meadowbank Road, especially for the many school children that need to cross that road.

Roadworks at intersection of St Johns Rd and Meadowbank Rd

Orakei Basin Boardwalk

New 1.4m high railings with a narrow gap between the upright posts installed on the Orakei boardwalk meant that the gorgeous views previously enjoyed by boardwalk users were obscured, especially for children. We lobbied for a more suitable replacement.

Final decision for Replacement Orakei Basin Balustrade
Widened Orakei Basin Boardwalk’s Awful Handrail

Petition - Bus to Meadowbank Station

We helped local resident and association member Richard Roxburgh successfully petition Auckland Transport for a bus service that connects to Meadowbank Station.

Bus Stop Proposal for Meadowbank Train Station
New bus network: Meadowbank Train Station will be connected!
Bus Petition #2: Bus link to Meadowbank Station

Petition - Bus to Selwyn College and St Thomas' School

We helped local resident and association member Richard Roxburgh successfully petition Auckland Transport for a bus from Meadowbank to the waterfront (via St Thomas’s and Selwyn College), as we believed this was a crucial link missing from the new bus network.

Bus petition win!
Petition for bus service from Meadowbank/St Johns to Selwyn College and St Thomas’s

School Buses Reinstated

The new bus network introduced in 2018 negatively impacted on many school bus routes. We worked with residents and St Thomas' School to lobby AT for school bus routes that got our children to and from from school safely.

Revised School Bus Routes for St Thomas’s School
Dissatisfaction at changes to school busses